Improvement in covering cords, wires



UNITED STATES ATENT FFICE.

FREDERICK BECK, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 40,80I, dated December1, 1863.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FREDERICK BECK, of the city, county, and State ofNew York, have invented a new and Improved Mode of Covering (lords orWVires; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, andexact description of the same.

The object of this invention is to cover metal wires, such as generallyused in the manufacture of hoop-skirts, bonnets, artificial flowers, andother articles,with some material cheaper than cotton braid or strips ofpaper, or other materials tiow employed for this purpose, and alsocovering cords made of cotton or other fibrous materials.

The invention consists in the employment or use of flock or powderobtained by grinding woolen rags, worsted cotton, or paper, or of hronzepowder, or other material ground to an impalpable powder, for thepurpose of covering metal, wire, or cords, by drawing the wire or cordfirst through a solution of glue, gumarabic, or other suitableliquidcement, and atterward through the flock or powder, and removing thesurplus by rollers or brushes or other suitable means.

To enable those skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I willproceed to-describe it.

The wire or cord to be covered is taken from the ring, bale, or roll; orit may be covered after it has been cut in pieces of any desirablelength. In most cases, however, it is preferable to cover the wire orcord before cutting,

and the operation of covering may be performed as follows: I placeiu avat a quantity of cement, such as glue or gum-arable dissolved in wateror varnish, or any other suitder, and, finally, in order to remove thesurplus the wires or cords may be exposed to the action of rollers orbrushes, or the surplus flock or powder may be removed simply byfriction, or in any other convenient manner. By these means metal wireor cord of any description, whether of steel, iron, brass, copper, orother metal, or cord of any description can be covered with flock orpowder of any desirable color. The whole operation can be performed at atrifling expense in labor or stock, and certainly much cheaper than itcan be done in the ordinary manner.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The employment or use of flock or powder obtained by grinding woolen,worsted, or cotton rags or paper, or other material, in combination witha solution of glue or other suitable cement, for the purpose of coveringcords or wires, substantially as set forth.

- FR. BECK.

Witnesses:

D. ROBERTSON, THos. L. J. DOUGLAS.

